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RISMEDIA, July 9, 2007—(MCT)—Come summertime, many employees at public relations and marketing firm Imre Communications in Towson take off early Fridays to jump-start their beach weekend, spend a mother-daughter day at the salon or to run errands. ...
By Stefan Swanepoel
RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007—Over the next five years, as the globalization of property ownership and generational mobility blend and shape the world, we are going to see a smorgasbord of foreign companies, both online and offline, become active in the U.S. real estate industry.
Many leading U.S. brokerages, especially national franchises, have not only been working with international buyers for many years, but have also aggressively expanded their reach into foreign markets. Brands such as RE/MAX, ERA, Century 21, Realty Executives, Coldwell Banker and Realty World are already shaping the real estate landscape on most continents around the globe.
Still this has strangely enough been almost exclusively a one-way street. Although
RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007--We hear the phrase, "It's time to get back to basics" a lot lately. But how can you use the company's core services to build your business. Find out in a special session being offered at this year's Leadership Conference. ...
RISMEDIA, July 6, 2007—Real Estate market upheavals sweep companies with them during boom-and-bust cycles. New companies launched in droves during the strong real estate sales market of prior years. Today, the real estate market continues to adjust to the paradigms of higher rates and tighter lending – creating slower sales ...
By Desiree French
RISMEDIA, Oct. 27, 2007—With the proliferation of lead generation firms, particularly in the online community, brokers and agents have access to an untold number of vendors. Thus, the dilemma today is not how to obtain leads, but rather how to convert them into customers and, ultimately, closed transactions.
KnowledgeStorm, a leader in business technology search, reports experts believe the percentage of leads “falling through the cracks” ranges from 40-80%. In conjunction with the Artemis Group, a full-service Internet solutions agency, it found poor processes for handling leads and assessing their value to be a key culprit.
RISMEDIA, July 5, 2007—Mergers and acquisitions have strongly rebounded from the downturn in 2001-2002. But many still fail to deliver value to the shareholder. To avoid pitfalls and better manage the process, many companies have begun to structure and formalize their integration practices, concludes a study by The Conference Board. ...
RISMEDIA, July 4, 2007--As the market shifts, what essential skills do agents need today to succeed? Find out at this year's Leadership Conference in a special Recruiting and Training Track on Thursday, Sept. 6. ...
RISMEDIA, July 4, 2007—Leading Real Estate Companies of the World™ (LeadingRE), a global real estate network, has selected Delta Media Group, Inc. as a vendor associate company for its Leading Real Estate Solutions™ division of endorsed fine real estate products for LeadingRE member firms. ...
RISMEDIA, July 3, 2007—(MCT)—The days are long gone when women waited for marriage to settle down and start nesting. ...
By Marshall Loeb, MarketWatch ...
RISMEDIA, July 2, 2007--In a slow real estate market, people get creative to sell their property. So Honolulu real estate brokerage firm Elite Pacific Properties is bringing to Hawaii a technique that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the US: real estate auctions. Elite, which specializes in upscale real estate, has ...
RISMEDIA, July 2, 2007?MapJack.com announced the launch of its Web site that offers browsers up-close-and-personal views of San Francisco ? enabling travelers to pre-evaluate destinations and locals to explore various boroughs of the city and alternate traveling routes. MapJack showcases a new level of mapping technology and an exciting new ...